BABEL TOWER
by Byatt, A. S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY.: Random House. Very Good. 1996. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. This book is hard-bound in black paper covered boards, with a gilt stamped black cloth spine, in a very nice dust jacket. The covers and spine show some scuffing and soiling, with rubbing to the joints and edges. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is signed/inscribed by the author A. S. Byatt on the title-page. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. .
Synopsis
A.S. Byatt is the author of Possession , winner of the Booker Prize and a national bestseller. The two novels leading up to Babel Tower , which trace the fortunes of Frederica and her family through the 1950's, are The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life . Byatt's other fiction includes The Shadow of the Sun , The Game , Angels and Insects and two collections of shorter works: Sugar and Other Stories and The Matisse Stories . She has also published three volumes of critical work, of which Passions of the Mind is the most recent. She has taught English and American literature at University College, London, and is a distinguished critic and reviewer. She lives in London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hoffman Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76196
- Title
- BABEL TOWER
- Author
- Byatt, A. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First U. S. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY.
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- A. S. Byatt, Signed
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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